Not only are the right data-driven leaders required, HVAC contractors also need to go through the necessary process to build a data culture within their company.
Software company Bluon is betting that artificial intelligence, or AI, can help solve the labor shortage — and pass along decades of knowledge from retiring HVAC techs to the next generation.
AI tools, such as Bluon’s MasterMechanic, could make a big dent in another aspect of the labor issue: the wisdom lost as older, highly skilled workers leave the industry.
In their new roles, enterprise account executive Austin Piazza and account executive Lindsey Fisher are responsible for developing and enhancing relationships and educating the industry about XOi’s capacity to help contractors solve the skilled-trades gap and grow their businesses.
HVACR distributors today are introducing software to meet contractors where they’re at and to fit the way they place electronic orders. At the same time, they’re working to maintain the personal relationships they’ve built with those customers.
The average tech thinks the service department is a giant money maker when in reality it is typically the least profitable part of a contractor’s business.
Contractors have to spend the time to effectively choose the right business management software that allows AI capabilities to fold into their day-to-day operations with ease.